Contribution of Wind Power Plants to Transmission System Transient Stability

Abstract

The increase in the number of wind farms and their share in the total electrical energy generation leads to the need for a different approach to this source in cases where the stability of the power system is potentially impaired. With the development of different types of wind power plants, equipped with power electronics devices, there is the possibility of quick power management and injection, in conditions when it is needed, where a huge amount of accumulated kinetic energy can also be used. This paper presents the influence of a wind power plant equipped with a full-scale converter on the transient stability in cases of close and distant short circuits, during the outage of a heavily loaded line. Special attention was paid to the Rate of Change of Frequency (RoCoF) in the power system in cases with and without a wind farm where fast power injections were possible.